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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Undisclosed Desires - M. Peters

Welcome to BRB, sweeties! My guest today is a new author of paranormal erotic romance. I don't know about anyone else, but I really wouldn't know where to begin, when it comes to penning this genre of literature. I find it interesting, and I'm talking the concept as a whole, and I enjoy reading a little when time permits. How do you write an accurate sense of reality for the reader? Especially when you aren't a creature of the paranormal yourself. Hmm...

Anyway, enough of my babbling. Tell us about yourself, M.

I always react to
this question half-negatively. “But there’s nothing to tell! I’m boring!” I’m
twenty-nine as of the day before yesterday, and Undisclosed Desires is my first
novel, even though I’ve been writing stories–most of them only half-finished–for years and years. My fiancée and I have been living together in Florida
for the past ten years; we’ve been together for thirteen years. We met in high
school, and she was the one who really got me into writing vampires and
broadening my genres, because prior to that, I only wrote little fan-fictions
or fantasy stories involving wolves that could talk.

Where and/or how do you find the greatest
inspiration?

Through music, mostly. A good piece of orchestral music can write
entire chapters for me all by itself.

What made you chose to write paranormal erotic
literature in particular? And, is there any other genre you’d like to write?
And, if so, why?

I didn’t actually set out to make Undisclosed Desires an
erotica. The sex scenes just sort of wrote themselves that way. I can never
successfully (in my mind) walk that fine line between cutting it off so that it
reads like a sappy romance and making it something only adults can read. So I
go all the way – quite literally.

Which appears first when contemplating a
new project: a character, the plot or the title?

The title is the only reliable
thing that doesn’t come first. I almost never come up with a title until the
very, very last minute. Any of the other things can come to me at their leisure
– and it changes with every project. Sometimes, a scene will come first. The
next time, it might be a name. This time, it was the character of Keith, but
when I started writing the first draft of the sequel, it was a part of the plot
– it’s staged around the American Revolution – that came to me first.

What’s the hardest part of a novel for you
to write: beginning, middle or end? Why?

Definitely the end; I always wonder if
I’ve tied up all the loose ends.

Has your own life influenced your novels?
If so, how?

I think the only way my own life influences my work is probably
through little bits of myself getting written into my characters. Amaroq’s
complete lack of directional abilities and his way of getting lost all the
time? Definitely me. Keith’s habit of talking instead of acting? Also me.
Javier’s character has very little in common with myself – except for the fact
that he hides his true feelings.

Writing sex/romantic scenes can be a
challenge for some authors. Do you find it difficult? If yes, how do you
compensate? If no, where do you draw your inspiration?

I just let the characters have their
head. I have to be alone when I write romance scenes – I guess that’s the
British influence from my parents showing up or something – but the actual act
of writing a passionate scene has never been difficult for me.

Do you use a certain formula to write the
sensual parts? Do you prefer the sex to be open and bold? Or left to the
imagination?

I would actually say it depends wholly on the characters to decide
upon, as far as the number of flames applied to the scenes, so to speak. Javier
and Keith, the characters in Undisclosed Desires, are two very volatile,
passionate people, so their sexual encounters reflect that. Other characters,
maybe not so much.

Who is your favourite character, which
you’ve created? And, why?

My favourite character, hands down, was Keith
D’Ameron. I had a general idea of who he was prior to writing the novel, but I
truly liked how many times he surprised me during its creation, especially with
the way he would react to Javier. I thought he was more withdrawn than he turns
out to be – boy, was I wrong!

Tell us about your newest release.

The
newest piece I’m working on is the sequel to Undisclosed Desires. It doesn’t
have a title yet, but it will clear up some of the storylines left unfinished
in the first book. The second piece I’m working on is Amaroq’s story, telling
of the origins of his kind – he’s the werewolf. That one’s shaping up to be
even longer than Desires is, because there’s a certain point I want him to
reach, and he’s giving me trouble in actually getting up to get there. Both of
those, with any luck, will be ready for publication next summer.

Just for fun–

What is your favourite colour?

Any shade of
green. I adore the colour green. It’s the same shade of my fiancée’s eyes.

Which do you prefer a great hero or a great
villain?

A great hero speaks to the romantic in me, that part of me that is my
‘bleeding heart’, but a great villain gives me a lot more writing material.

What is your favourite movie? And, why?

Either Yeston and Kopit’s 1990 made-for-television version of The Phantom of
the Opera, starring Charles Dance and Teri Polo (and as for why, it’s because I
am a diehard Phantom of the Opera fan; I loathed the movie version made in
2004, but this one is one of the best because the character of the Phantom is
so much more human and real in this adaptation than all the others I’ve seen.
He is a man, and at the end of the day, that’s all we are – just people). Otherwise,
I’d have to say just about any movie that Stephen King put his hand to writing,
or anything with Anthony Hopkins in it. I would listen to that man read the
phone book.

If you could be anyone in the world who
would it be? And, why?

I wouldn’t choose to be anyone else, as boring as that
answer is. I couldn’t bear it, because I think if I was anyone else, I wouldn’t
have the relationship with my fiancée that I do. We’re matched – soulmates, to
use a tired cliché. I’m hers and she’s mine.

Where do you see your writing career in the
next five to ten years?

I hope it takes off to the point where I’m selling at
least one book a day, but who knows?

Locked within Keith D'Ameron's
twilight eyes are deeper secrets than he has ever dared to share with anyone
before. But all of that changes when he meets Javier Estas and knows he has to
have the young man as his own - forever. But even Keith's hypnotic gaze and
burning desire for the young Spaniard might not be enough to make Javier admit
to his own undisclosed desires for Keith ...

Excerpt:

“Keith, it …
Keith, I care for my wife,” Javier whispered.“In my own way, I love Ofelia.But … it is not ... love.She does not make me feel the way you do.I … I want to share that eternity – to
explore the world – with you.Not
her.But I cannot abandon her … I
can only damn myself for not being able to feel the way I should about the
woman I married!”

Again, Keith drew Javier to him, pressing
his face against the folds of his linen shirt.Cloth whispered and he shivered as he felt Javier’s hands
wind beneath to press against the cool expanse of his moonlit skin.“Javier – my Javier – it is not up to
anyone to be the decider of who they will love.No person, human or vampire, could ever hope to command – to
control – in whose arms they will fall prey to love’s bite.Someday, you will find a woman who
captivates you as much as I have captivated you now – of that, I am very
sure.”He smiled faintly as Javier
glanced up, angry denials coming immediately to his lips.

“You --”

With a fingertip, Keith silenced him.“I do not know if I am as you are, as
prone to enjoying the company of a woman’s bed as I do a man’s.I think I am not, but then – I do not
know.For now, I have captured
your heart, and for now, that is enough for me.I have forged a bond with you that is unlike anything I have
ever experienced before, my Javier.Amaroq is my eldest and dearest friend, but there is something in you
which defies explanation – something in your very heartbeat which called to me
above the beats of an entire populace the night I entered this city.That call is impossible to ignore, and
though our relationship will shift even as time ebbs around us, I will never,
ever be able to forget the feel of your hands as they closed around my heart.”

Javier managed a faint smile.“It was not your heart I was reaching
for, you know.It was somewhere
lower.”